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Dialysis Facility Reports and State and Region Profiles

The Dialysis Facility Reports and State and Region Profiles are created annually under contract to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide dialysis facilities, state surveyors and regions with valuable information on patient characteristics, treatment patterns, hospitalization, mortality, and transplantation patterns in their facilities.

Dialysis Facility Reports

The Dialysis Facility Reports include information about directly actionable practice patterns such as dose of dialysis, vascular access, and anemia management and patient outcomes (mortality, hospitalization, and transplantation) that can be used to inform and motivate reviews of practices. The information in the report facilitates comparisons of facility patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes to local and national averages. Such comparisons help to evaluate patient outcomes and to account for important differences in the patient mix - including age, sex, race, and patients’ diabetic status - which in turn enhances each facility’s understanding of the clinical experience relative to other facilities in the state, Network, and nation.

The Reports are intended to be used by facilities in their quality improvement efforts. In addition, selected measures are publicly reported on the Dialysis Facility Compare website allowing dialysis patients to review and compare characteristics and quality information on dialysis facilities in the United States. State surveyors use data reported in the Dialysis Facility Reports to make decisions on which facilities to survey during the upcoming year.

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The Dialysis Facility Report for a particular facility is available only to that facility and its ESRD Network, State Survey Agency, and Regional Office. Authorized users can access the facility reports by logging in to the secure site. Dialysis facilities are encouraged to submit comments during the comment period if they have questions or concerns regarding their reports.

State and Region Profiles

State and Region Profiles are provided to the state survey agencies and CMS regional offices annually. They include maps and tables comparing state or region information as well as the Dialysis Facility Reports for every facility in the state or region. The State and Region Dialysis Profiles are available only to the corresponding State Survey Agency or CMS Regional Office. Authorized users can access the Profiles by logging into the secure site.

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Important Dates
7/12/10  2010 DFRs available to facilities and Networks
7/12/10 - 9/07/10 Facility comment period
9/24/10  2010 State and Region Profiles posted

For a more detailed list of dates, click here.

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